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The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right

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CHAPTER 1. GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL

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CHAPTER 2. THE CONSTITUENT PRINCIPLE IN THE VARIOUS FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

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CHAPTER 3. THE DIVISION OF GOVERNMENTS

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CHAPTER 4. DEMOCRACY

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CHAPTER 5. ARISTOCRACY

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CHAPTER 6. MONARCHY

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CHAPTER 7. MIXED GOVERNMENTS

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CHAPTER 8. THAT ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT DO NOT SUIT ALL COUNTRIES

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CHAPTER 9. THE MARKS OF A GOOD GOVERNMENT

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CHAPTER 10. THE ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT AND ITS TENDENCY TO DEGENERATE

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CHAPTER 11. THE DEATH OF THE BODY POLITIC

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CHAPTER 12. HOW THE SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY MAINTAINS ITSELF

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CHAPTER 13. THE SAME (continued)

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CHAPTER 14. THE SAME (continued)

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CHAPTER 15. DEPUTIES OR REPRESENTATIVES

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CHAPTER 16. THAT THE INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT IS NOT A CONTRACT

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CHAPTER 17. THE INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT

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CHAPER 18. HOW TO CHECK THE USURPATIONS OF GOVERNMENT

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Provided, of course, he does not leave to escape his obligations and avoid having to serve his country in the hour of need. Flight in such a case would be criminal and punishable, and would be, not withdrawal, but desertion.